Our South Downs Privacy Statement

This statement was last updated in October 2021.

Use and storage of your personal information

When you supply any personal information to us, we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that data.

We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain the purpose and legal basis for us using it. The information you have provided to us will be used for the purpose of:
• Facilitating communication across the network
• To provide you with our Enterprise Newsletter
• To up-date you with our Network activities
• To include your business on our public facing website pages.

In general, we process personal data in relation to the delivery of our services (our public task) or in relation to the legitimate interests of the individual or the National Park Authority (as data controller).

Further information on the legal basis for processing of any data you have provided the National Park Authority in relation to the Our South Downs Network can be obtained from our Data Protection Officer on the contact details below.

We must tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. In the case of the Our South Downs Network your information will be shared with members of the community and other third parties where we are permitted to. 
In general, any information you provide will only be used within the South Downs National Park Authority and by its service providers, including the South Downs National Park Trust.

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you are in receipt of the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the purpose has been met or you request us to do so, unless we are obliged by law to retain it. The Authority’s Retention and Disposal Policy govern retention of data.

In addition, you have the following rights under data protection law:
• The right to be informed – when we collect your data we will tell you why and how we intend to use it
• The right of access – Under the GDPR, you have the right to obtain:
• Confirmation that your data is being processed; and
• Access to your personal data.

Details on how to obtain your personal data can be found on our website: 

https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/national-park-authority/transparency/freedom-of-information/

• The right to rectification – You are entitled to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right is to request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
• Right to restrict processing – you have a right to ‘block’ or suppress processing of personal data. When processing is restricted, we are permitted to store the personal data, but not further process it. We can retain enough information about the individual to ensure that the restriction is respected in future.
• The right to data portability – You are able to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services. This right allows you to move, copy or transfer personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without hindrance to usability
• The right to object –  You have the right to object to:
• processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling);
• direct marketing (including profiling); and
• Processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics
• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling. – The law provides safeguards for you against the risk that a potentially damaging decision is taken without human intervention.

To exercise any of the above rights please contact our Data Protection Officer, on the contact details below.
Where we are processing data with your consent, you have a right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can do this by e-mailing us at info@southdowns.gov.uk

You also may lodge a complaint about how we are processing your data with the Information Commissioners Office. Details of how to make a complaint are available on www.ico.org.uk

Events, E-Newsletter and Online Surveys

We use a third party provider (Your membership) to provide the Our South Downs online platform, website, to record your data, to send surveys and to deliver our enterprise e-newsletter. We gather statistics around e-mail opening and clicks using industry standard technologies.

For further information, please see https://www.yourmembership.com/privacy-policy/

Cookies

Information on our use of cookies is available in our cookies policy

Users 16 and under

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the South Downs National Park Authority. Users without this permission are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

Contact for further information about data processing

The South Downs National Park Authority is the responsible body (Data Controller) for information provided to us.
Our contact details are:

South Downs National Park Authority,
South Downs Centre,
North Street,
Midhurst
GU29 9DH

info@southdowns.gov.uk

Our Data Protection Officer is the Head of Governance who can contacted on: info@southdowns.gov.uk or 01730 819207

 

General Disclaimer

The South Downs National Park Authority bears no responsibility for advice and information provided by third parties through this platform. 

 

Cookies Policy

What is a cookie?

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Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s device and help your browser navigate through the website by allowing you to log in automatically or remembering settings you selected during earlier visits (among other functions).

Cookies do not harm your computer.  If you would like to learn more about cookies in general you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Use of cookies on this website

Cookies help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse this website and allow you to make full use of the online shopping and personalised features available on this website.

We do not use cookies to collect or record information such as your name, address or payment details.

We use cookies on this website for the following main purposes:

• for technical purposes essential for the operation of this website, such as keeping track of your current shopping session and enabling you to proceed to checkout and pay for products;

• to distinguish you from other users of this website, so we can personalise your shopping experience by making this website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests and so we can remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the country you are in) when you return to visit this website;

• to collect statistical information about how visitors use this website, so we can improve the way this website works and measure the success of competitions and campaigns; and

• to enable us to fulfil our contractual obligations to third parties, for example to pay a partner if you have made a purchase on this website by following a link from their website.

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